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This week we're talking about South Asian activism with the brilliant and inspiring co-curators of the South Asian Radical History Walking Tour, Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee. Also, Zainab learns a new white idiom.

Congrats Mrs. and Mr. Priyanka Chopra (Beginning two minutes)

Noah Centineo from To All The Boys I Loved Before is Zainab's spicy white fave with hot privilege (2:00- 5:39)

Some thoughts on Crazy Rich Asians (5:40 to 11:23 spoilers at 7:09-7:20)

Lana Del Rey and her big Zionist energy and bizarre tweet (she canceled her Israel show after we recorded, shout out to BDS activists) (11:24- 15:17)

Sidra teaches Zainab the meaning of the idiom "it's your funeral" and changes her life (15:18- 17:49)

Interview with Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee, a dynamic Desi duo that run the Berkeley Radical South Asian History Walking Tour and do amazing work! Hear them talk more about their work, and if you're in the Bay Area check out the walking tour asap! (25:20 - 58:00)

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Environmental racism and the cost of clean air (1:00)

Zainab is shocked that people continue to work in her office even though there's a wasps nest in the women's bathroom (2:00)

Lebron James built an institution that is changing the game and your tax money is paying for all kinds of shady shit and we would happily pay taxes to support building capacity in the future generation! (8:45)

Sondos al Qattan (instagram beauty blogger) has some terrible takes on new Kuwaiti law for the rights of domestic workers - we're mad about it. (9:39)

Partition (12:25)

Sidra got sucked into a research black hole about the history and spatial politics of Partition

The British made a hot mess of everything (no one is surprised) - there is no such thing as peaceful colonization or decolonization and millions of people died

Zainab talks about intergenerational trauma because of Partition and shares personal family history around the topic (20:15)

Low key Pakistani identity is fake but that's fine. Also- the oppressed will mimic the oppressor is the tea today (25:40)

We can't talk about Kashmir because both Sidra and Zainab are on the brink of tears! This is too much! (30:13)

WCW: Unfortunately we can't vote our way out of capitalism, and electoral politics are whatevs but we're still celebrating Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar in Congress. Also Fatima Farheen Mirza - author of A Place for Us (35:20)

We're wrapping up Season 1! We finally finished our first year of grad school and have lots of content planned for the summer. In the meantime, we're talking the World Cup, bullet trains, and Princess Diana. We'll also be talking about the policy of separating families at the border and how people are fighting back to Abolish ICE.

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What we learned our first year: multivariate regressions and other stuff. Statistics show everything is trash. (Beginning to 6:00)

World Cup Updates- People can appreciate soccer as a sport AND appreciate that soccer players are also the hottest of any athletes this is the hill we (Zainab) will die on!!!! (6:00- 9:18)

In this bonus episode we talk to Amal, a real-life Palestinian and friend of Chaivory Tower. We're unpacking what's up with Desis (and other non Palestinian Muslims) co-opting the Palestinian narrative. Desis, take a seat and pass the mic on this one.